An unnatural calm and unusual warmth on Sunday 6 January 1839 was followed by a hurricane of such violence as to spread destruction across the island of Ireland on an unprecedented scale..."the night that fishes flew and forests walked".

The story of a Newtownhamilton boy who became Cardinal of New York and the only South Armagh man ever to have participated in a papal election.

The story of "Red Jemmie" who, through the mysterious diappearance of a bag of gold, became a wealthy, though miserly, landowner, though wealth did not bring happiness.

The "Hungry Thirties" is a well known phrase used to describe the economic climate in the inter-war years in Great Britain. The position was no better and in many ways it was worse in South Armagh. This article describes some of the conditions and circumstance of the people of Crossmaglen and the surrounding countryside in those years.

A native son of South Armagh, Art McCooey, "Art of the Songs", is remembered as one of the great gaelic poets and bards of the eighteenth century. He mourned the loss of the "old order" under the O'Neill Chieftainship. Too fond of the bottle, he quarrelled with a local priest and was "exiled" before making amends.

The derivation of the names of the 76 townlands of Creggan.

The story of the construction, consecration and first century of existance, of the new church of Saint Patrick in Cullyhanna.

In the first General Election after the Easter Rising the battle between the Irish Parliamentary Party and the new Sinn Fein Party was about the method of achieving national independance. The battle was fought keenly in South Armagh, a traditional Nationalist seat. This article paints the background to the election, the issues involved, the election itself, and it aftermath.

Between 1969 and 1973, a group of local volunteers, with the approval and help of the Rector of Creggan and many other individuals, undertook the mammoth task of clearing the accumulation of centuries and restoring to pristine condition the old graveyard. This tale, from a master storyteller and eminent local historian, in non-putdownable.

A poem in praise of Creggan Churchyard.

A list of all the main events organised by the Local History Society in the year.

Current and deceased Members of the Society.